Highway Maintenance Supervisor 1 (NY HELPS)

Duties

• Patching pavements and filling potholes.
• Cleaning ditches and culverts.
• Cutting trees, shrubs, and grass.
• Repairing guiderails and signs.
• Plowing roads and salting icy pavements in the winter.
• Supervising a phase of a large maintenance project under the general direction of a Highway Maintenance Supervisor 2.
• Operating light trucks and heavy dump trucks, performing one-person snow plowing, and operating other pieces of highway equipment, as necessary.
• Instructing crew members in the tasks to be performed, all safety requirements and Department policies, and answering any questions concerning the above-mentioned procedures.
• Maintaining time and attendance records and materials used on the jobs in MMS and submitting brief written reports when requested.
• Completing all required training for an HMS 1.
• Answering emergency calls outside of regular work hours.

Qualifications

• Promotional: One year of permanent competitive, non-competitive, 55-b/55-c, or labor class service as follows: Bridge Repair Assistant, Construction Equipment Operator, Equipment Operator Instructor, General Mechanic, Trades Generalist, Highway Equipment Operator, Highway Maintenance Worker 1, Highway Maintenance Worker 2, Maintenance Assistant, Pavement Marking Supervisor, Sign Crew Supervisor, Tree Pruner, Tree Pruner Supervisor, Bridge Repair Mechanic, Trades Specialist (Bridge), Assistant Drill Rig Operator, or Drill Rig Operator.
• Open Competitive: Either 1. Two years of experience in the construction or maintenance of paved highways, streets, roads, or similar facilities. Or 2. 30 semester credit hours in engineering, engineering technology, construction technology, forestry, or surveying AND one year of experience as described above.
• A diploma or certificate of completion from a post-secondary trade school, apprenticeship program, military construction specialty school (documented completion of US Army 14 Week Corp of Engineers Field 12 One Station or more advanced training, or equivalent or more advanced construction skills training by over US military branches), or trade school in carpentry, masonry, welding, or construction can be substituted for a maximum of one year of non-supervisory experience.

Additional Information

• Starting salary: $62,413.
• Maximum compensation: $74,061.
• Geographic pay differential: $9,000.
• Cannabis use is not permitted for employees in this title and assignment.
• The Department of Transportation is an equal opportunity employer.
• Disabled persons are encouraged to apply.